A theorem of Kuzmin in the measure theory of continued fractions says that large partial quotients are the exception in continued fraction expansions.

Empirically, we also see exceptionally large partial quotients in the continued fraction expansions of the m-th root of the numbers a(m*n), for m >= 3. For example, it appears that the continued fraction expansion of a(3*n)^(1/3) begins [10^n; 3*10^(2*n), 10^n, 4.5*10^(2*n), 0.8*10^n, ( 9*10^(2*n + 2) - 144 + 24*(2^mod(n,3) - 1) )/168, ...]. As n increases, the expansion begins with 6 large partial quotients. An example is given below. Cf. A002283, A066138 and A168624.

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a(1) and a(2) are the only prime terms up to n=100000. - Daniel Arribas, Jun 04 2016